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Politically active actor Matt Damon has starred in numerous films regarding social and political problems—2009's "Invictus" and 2010's "Green Zone"—so its no surprise the actor's set to star in anti-fracking film, "Promised Land."

Slated for release next year, the movie "life-changing" events that affect a small town as a cause of fracking.

Never heard of fracking?

Hydraulic fracking, better known as the latter phrase, is the process of extracting gas by drilling deep into the earth, setting off small explosions to loosen rock and creating new pathways for gas to flow.